History of Chancellorsville, (Spotsylvania County) Virginia United States of America

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Eustathius Chancellor, physician, was born at Chancellorsville, Va., Aug. 29, 1854; son of Dr. J. Edgar and Josephine (Anderson) Chancellor. He entered the University of Virginia in 1871, and in 1874 changed from the classical to the medical department, from which he was graduated in 1876. He attended a course of lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, was appointed prosector at the University of Mary land, and in 1877 was graduated from that institution. He became resident physician at the university hospital in 1878. In 1879 he began general practice in co-partnership with his father. In 1885 he was instrumental in founding the Beaumont hospital medical college, in which he was a professor from 1885 to 1890. In 1892 he was elected secretary of the national association of military surgeons. He is the author of: Researches upon the Treatment of Delirium Tremens (1881); Gonorrh?al Articular Rheumatism (1883); Woman in her Social Sphere (1885); Marriage Philosophy (1886); The Correlation of Physical and Vital Forces (1887); and The Pacific Slope and its Scenery (1890).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Chancellorsville, (Spotsylvania County) Virginia

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